HANTS, Minnie (Coffman)

Minnie Hants, Nineveh, Dies
Mrs. Minnie Coffman Hants, wife of Oscar Hants,
of Nineveh, died in her home Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. She had been an invalid since 1956, and in a
critical condition for a week.
Funeral services have been arranged for 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon and will be in the Vandivier-Parsley
Funeral Home. The Rev. B. A. Lawrence, pastor of
the Nineveh Christian Church, will be in charge of
the services and burial will be made in the Nineveh
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home at any time
after 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and until time for
the services, which they are invited to attend.
Mrs. Hants was the daughter of the late Young
and Elizabeth Goetz Coffman and was born in the
area which is now part of Camp Atterbury. She
attended the schools in Nineveh Township.
Marked 50th Anniversary
She became the bride of Mr. Hants at Nineveh
on Aug. 16, 1903, and five children were born to them.
In 1953, they observed their golden wedding anniversary.
A life resident of Nineveh, Mrs. Hants had main-
tained here interest in all community affairs and
accepted her illness with patience and understanding.
She was a member of the Nineveh Christian Church
and a charter member of the Nineveh chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Those who survive with the husband are a son,
Robert Hants, of Nineveh, and four daughtesr, Mrs.
Mabel Marie Ware, Mrs. Kathryn Maley, Mrs. Ethyl
Mohr, of Indianapolis; and Mrs. Doris Jean Browning,
of Nineveh.
Others remaining are six grandchildren, six great-
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Josie Waltz, of Trafalgar;
Mrs. Eva Dunham, of Indianapolis; and three brothers,
Jacob Coffman, Robert Coffman, and William A.
Coffman, of Franklin.

RITES CONDUCTED FOR MINNIE HANTS
Last rites were conducted for Mrs. Minnie Hants, wife
of Oscar Hants, of Nineveh, in the Vandivier-Parsley Funeral
Home Friday afternoon at 2 o':clock.
The services were in charge of the Rev. B. A. Lawrence,
pastor of the Nineveh Christian Church, where Mrs. Hants
was a member. Dale Mitchell sang two hymns and was
accompanied by Mrs. Clarence Wright, organist.
Were Pallbearers
Burial took place in the Nineveh Cemetery with Lowell
Hants, Paul Coffman, Arthur Steinbarger, Olda Richeson,
James Mills and Billy Sheek, nephews, carrying the casket.
After being critically ill for a week, Mrs. Hants died at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at her home. She had been
an invalid since 1956.
A life resident of Nineveh Township, she and Mr. Hants
had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1953.
The husband, a son, four daughters, six grandchildren,
six great-grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers are
the survivors.

Submitted by Mark E. Wirey

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